Internet Usage Statistics:2,280,000
Internet users as of June, 2012;
16.2% of the population, according to ITU.

The Republic of Guatemala is a country in Central
America bordered by Mexico to the northwest, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest,
Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to
the southeast. It is the most populous nation in Central America. Guatemala is
a representative democracy with its capital at Guatemala City.

Latest Population
Estimate:14,099,032
is the population estimate for 2012, according toUS Census Bureau.

Latest Country GNI
Estimate:GNI per
capita was US$ 3,120 for 2012, according to theWorld
Bank.

Country Area (Size):108,894 sq
km - Population density: 129 persons per sq km

While telecom infrastructure
in Guatemala is fairly modern in the main urban centres, rural
telephony remains inadequate and antiquated, though a lot better
that prior to the 1996 liberalisation of the telecom market. With
a high percentage of the population living in rural areas, the
country’s fixed-line teledensity is at the low end of the
scale for Latin America. Though also not high by Latin American
standards, mobile telephony has been a fast growing market,
helped along by one of the most liberal radio spectrum regulatory
models in the world. Mobile phones overtook fixed lines in 2001,
and are now more than double the number of fixed lines in
service. This report provides an overview of the country’s
telecom sector accompanied by relevant statistics, and brief
profiles of the main operators.Get this report
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